DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/27 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 78.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 60 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 6017 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 4157 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 6906 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 2443 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 317 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 316 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - 1435 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5471 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - 439 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 6467 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 89 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 480 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 78.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 57.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 78.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 56.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 60 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 6017 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 56 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99177 10 090 99177 91704 10 085 91704 85954 12 069 85954 81179 14 082 81179 77044 6 057 77044 73387 6 156 73387 70073 7 137 70073 67014 6 157 67014 64176 6 254 64176 61435 7 227 61435 58570 7 283 58570 55595 20 293 55595 52761 25 286 52761 50211 28 288 50211 47929 35 287 47929 45868 38 280 45868 43987 35 280 43987 42260 36 288 42260 40665 37 290 40665 39183 36 292 39183 37799 34 302 37799 36471 37 312 36471 35127 38 313 35127 33732 36 313 33732 32286 34 313 32286 30774 31 316 30774 29184 28 318 29184 27519 24 316 27519 25776 21 315 25776 23956 19 311 23956 22060 18 303 22060 20082 18 296 20082 18018 19 294 18018 15910 19 293 15910 13876 17 294 13876 12020 16 304 12020 10372 15 312 10372 8919 12 316 8919 7632 11*315 7632 6484 9*316 6484 5465 8 316 5465 4565 7 316 4565 3767 6 316 3767 3052 6 315 3052 2420 6 316 2420 1891 5 315 1891 1485 5 315 1485 1205 5 316 1205 1036 4 315 1036 938 4 316 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography